Three days before she took her own life this spring, an elementary-school principal in Harlem forged answers on her third-grade students’ standardized tests, according to a report released Monday by the New York City Department of Education.

One month after backing away from their plan to rate colleges, the Obama administration signaled it would take a harder line on issues of accountability in higher education over the homestretch of the president’s second term.

Discover Financial Services has been ordered to pay $18.5 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which alleged that the firm engaged in illegal practices related to the repayment and collection of student loans.

Both chambers of Congress have backed big changes to federal education law, but differences between House and Senate versions portend tough talks over final legislation to replace the Bush-era ‘No Child Left Behind.’

The Obama administration’s plan to restore funding for in-prison college programs won praise from inmate advocates, alongside allegations that officials are ignoring the will of Congress and eschewing the needs of law-abiding students.

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